Rope clamp



March 9 1926.

H. 'wuRM ROPE CLAMP Filed March 2 1925 Henry Warm Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES HENRY WURM, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ROPE CLAMP.

Application filed March 23, 1925. Serial No. 17,557.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY VVURM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the-county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hope Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cord and rope clamps, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction, whereby it can be inexpensively formed from wire and will tightly grip a cord or rope so that the cord or rope can be secured without the need of a knot.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be readily mounted in position, and which will tightly grip a cord or rope without injuring the same.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a device of this character which can be readily formed from a single length of wire, and which embodies means whereby the cord or rope can be readily released and disengaged when desired.

WVhile' one preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown on the drawing and will be described in the specification for illustrative purposes, it will be understood that I do not restrict myself to the exact construction shown, and that many modifications and changes can be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention.

For a full understanding of the inven tion reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in Which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a rope clamp which is constructed in accordance with the invention, the rope being shown by full lines in the position assumed when it is gripped, and by dotted lines in the position assumed when itis released.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the rope clamp.

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view on the line 38 of Figure 1, the rope being omitted.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 41- of Figure l, the rope being Omitted.

' in inwardly extending reversely curved helical portions 2. These reversely curved helical portions 2 cross each other and terminate in substantially parallel arms 3 which form the opposite jaw of the device. A pair of V-shaped notches at are provided on opposite sides of the intersection of the reversely curved helical portions 2, as indicated by Fig. 3, and the rope is clamped by drawing portions thereof tightly into these V-shaped notches t so that they are securely gripped by the wire.

The arms 3 may be, provided with any suitable means for attachment to a post or support. As shown on the drawings, the ends of the arms 3 are provided with laterally bent portions 5 which are engaged by the staples 6. The staples can be driven into the post or other support and provide a pivotal mounting for the rope clamp so that the latter can swing about the laterally bent portions 5 of the wire as an axis and adjust itself to the tension or pull of the rope. The laterally bent portions 5 of the wire may terminate in hooked portions 7', which provide rope guides and are arranged in the plane of the arms 3. These hooked guides 7 are arranged opposite the flared mouths of the respective V-shaped notches 4 and when it is desired to disengage the rope from one of these notches, the rope can be carried around the hooked member 7 as indicated by dotted lineson Figure 1, whereupon a pull on the free end of the rope will serve to disengage the rope from the notch. The hooked guides 7 may also be used to engage the rope when it is merely desired to loosely engage an intermediate portion of the rope without clamping or fastening the same.

The rope clamp can be inexpensively formed from a single length of wire and the construction issuch that it can be left in an exposed posit-ion without danger of injury,

there being no wood parts to cause trouble by swelling or splitting when exposed to the weather.

In order to grip the rope it is merely necessary to insert a portion thereof between the looped jaw 1 and the jaw provided by the arms 3, whereupon a pull upon the ends of the rope will draw the same into the V- shaped notches l and cause them to be securely gripped thereby. The construction is such that the harder the pull upon the rope the more securely it will be gripped and there is no danger of the rope becoming accidentally released. The hooked guides 7 provide means for readily releasing the rope from the clamp when such is desired and these hooked guides can also be utilized when it is merely desired to draw the rope loosely around a hook member without fastening or clamping the same.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ter's Patent is, g

if A rope clamp formed of a single length of wire and comprising a looped jaw, 20 A V means for disengaging arms, whereby the rope clamp is free to swing with respect to the base.

2. A rope clamp formed from a single length of wire and including a looped jaw, arms forming a comp'lemental jaw, crossed strands connecting the looped jaw and arms and providing V'shaped rope engaging notches on opposite sides of their intersection, and ropeguides at the ends of the arms said rope guides being arranged op; posite the mouths of the respective rope'engaging notches.

3. A rope clamp formed from; a 3 single length of wire and including a looped jaw,

a pair of arms forming a cooperating jaw,

reversely curved helical portions connecting thelooped jaw to the arm-s'said helical portions intersecting each other and pro viding V-shaped' rope engaging notches on opposite sides of the intersection, and rope guides at the ends ofthe arms, said rope guides being arranged opposite the mouths of the V-shaped notches and providing a notches. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY WURM. g

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